"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.
megan walker - Oct 31, 2010 6:34:44 pm PDT #8017 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
omnis_audis - Oct 31, 2010 6:36:12 pm PDT #8018 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Oh, that would work. OK, I'm in.One Of Us! One Of Us!
I'm in. Go on, act surprised.Shocked! Mystified! I didn't know William like to play board games, did you?
billytea - Oct 31, 2010 6:40:45 pm PDT #8019 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"
The last BSG game I played on boardgamegeek was a gambling game. The moderator got everyone to stump up 2 geekgold; the pot was split evenly by the winning team (which I was on, so I won myself a shiny new geekgold). He used it as a mechanism to ensure people who signed up were engaged and willing to check in regularly.
Oh! And tomorrow is Melbourne Cup Day, Australia's premier horse race. I get the day off, because Melbourne understands priorities. (I drew a horse from Hong Kong in the office sweeps, which seems appropriate.)
billytea - Oct 31, 2010 6:41:27 pm PDT #8020 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Shocked! Mystified! I didn't know William like to play board games, did you?
Clearly we must fear the prospect of you turning Cylon, for we shall be unable to penetrate your dastardly wiles in games of deceit.
omnis_audis - Nov 01, 2010 1:04:22 pm PDT #8021 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
It's so weird not having BSG emails in my inbox.
Laga - Nov 01, 2010 1:19:19 pm PDT #8022 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Anyone for Mario Kart?
Polter-Cow - Nov 01, 2010 2:13:07 pm PDT #8023 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I played Betrayal at House on the Hill for the first time last night. It was pretty fun, although we got an unusual scenario that had no traitor. At least not officially. The house was carried off by a giant bird, and we all had to go find parachutes, except there were only three parachutes for the six of us, and one of the players had collected so many items and omens that he could easily kill everyone else. Which is what he did. One person managed to withstand his attack, and I killed her afterward, which made me his first victim since she was his girlfriend. Because his knowledge and sanity were so low, it was actually easier for him to win the game by killing everyone than by using the parachute.
Volans - Nov 02, 2010 6:54:04 am PDT #8024 of 26134
move out and draw fire
Whoa, that's a weird one.
We played it a couple weeks ago, with Mal. (so 3 adults and a 5 year old). Mal did fine until the Haunt started; at that point his father left the room and I started reading our text, which said that a giant tentacle had grabbed R and pulled him away, and that he'd be attacking us with tentacles.
Mal started crying. He was so into it he totally believed that R's body was in the other room sprouting killer cthuloid tentacles. Parenting FAIL.
It's a good game, though, as long as you have the errata printed out.
Polter-Cow - Nov 02, 2010 8:09:29 am PDT #8025 of 26134
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My friends have the new edition that incorporates said errata. It seems like a fun game that's different every time, unless you get the same Haunt again, I guess.
megan walker - Nov 02, 2010 5:32:54 pm PDT #8026 of 26134
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Good lord. I just looked at the BSG spreadsheets for the first time.
I think they scare me more than the idea of Meg Whitman as governor.